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Working Group on Domain
Namesand Internet Governance("DNS Working Group")

DNS Working GroupThis page describes the activities of CPSR's working group on Domain Names and Internet governance. The management of Internet domain names and addresses has become a major issue in the question of Internet governance. The stakes are high -- ultimately, this could create a new form of global governance in cyberspace. CPSR has been active in this policy area since its earliest days.

Small
Business Association A letter from SBA to ICANN asking for ICANN
to issue a formal policy statement on such matters as notice and comment,
openness, and transparency. A good summary of some of the problems of the
current organization.

Other Resources

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers (ICANN) The organization that was created by DoC
amidst great controversy. "(ICANN) is the new non-profit corporation that
was formed to take over responsibility for the IP address space allocation,
protocol parameter assignment, domain name system management, and root
server system management functions now performed under U.S. Government
contract by IANA and other entities. "

ICANN Watch A site serving
"as a central point of reference about what ICANN is and is not doing."

International Forum on the White Paper
An ad hoc international group that formed shortly after the U.S. Department
of Commerce issued its White Paper on Internet Names. Four meetings were
held in North America, Europe, Asia and South America which produced an
impressive proposal for a governance structure for domain names. The proposal
was not implemented.

Department
of Commerce The Domain Names page of the DoC contains official
documents relating to the creation of ICANN as well as the archive of comments
received.

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